[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2820 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2820

To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2015

 Mr. Smith of New Jersey (for himself, Ms. Matsui, Mr. Jolly, and Mr. 
   Fattah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To reauthorize the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research 
Reauthorization Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE STEM CELL THERAPEUTIC AND RESEARCH ACT OF 
              2005.

    (a) Cord Blood Inventory.--Section 2 of the Stem Cell Therapeutic 
and Research Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 274k note) is amended in subsection 
(h)--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``$23,000,000 for each of fiscal 
                years 2011 through 2014 and''; and
                    (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
                following: ``and $23,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
                2016 through 2020''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2011 through 2015'' and 
        inserting ``2015 through 2020''.
    (b) National Program.--Section 379B of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 274m) is amended by striking ``2011 through 2014'' and 
inserting ``2016 through 2020''.
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